The number of documented police killings has risen each of the previous four years.
A line chart showing the cumulative number of people killed by police each year, from the start of 2019 to July 14, 2024. Each previous year’s line starts at 0 and ends between 1,100 and 1,375 killings. So far in 2024, 796 people have been killed by police, the most at this point in the year of any of the years shown.